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Tax deduction for charging station

I'm using TurboTax for our 2012 taxes and when I enter the cost of our charging station it says it doesn't qualify for a deduction.
I've read the qualifications and I don't see anything that would disqualify me.
I'm certainly no accountant, so curious if I'm missing something.
Did congress do away with this deduction? If so why does TurboTax still have it in the list of interview questions?

My suggestion is to find yourself an Enrolled Agent (EA), certified by the IRS on her/his knowledge of tax laws. My personal opinion is that they tend to be better at specific tax issue interpretation than generalist CPA's.

The software packages will allow you to do a lot of things that will raise the chance of audits. For example, that "deduct a portion of your house as office space" option? Nice, big red flag that screams "AUDIT ME!"

(Full disclosure: one of my family members is an EA and owns a tax & accounting business. She also has a CPA on staff.)

what??? Man you must have some dirty CPAs over there! My guy is $200 and awesome. Very professional, probably 20-30+ years experience with own business. not rip off like H&R block and in fact probably only about 50 min drive from you. I can give you his info if you'd like.

Ok, I went through all the supporting forms and while I'm not paying the AMT, TurboTax used the "Tentative Minimum Tax" from the worksheet to deny my credit.
On Form 8911, Line 17 it pulled the Tentative Minimum Tax from Form 6251, Line 33 then subtracted that amount from the Net Regular Tax on Line 16. The result was a negative so it denied the credit, even though it doesn't end up showing me subject to actual AMT.

I would say that you cannot deduct the cost of the 2nd UMC since the "refueling property" must be installed on property used as your main home. However, if you claiming this for business/investment use, this doesn't apply.

Ok, I went through all the supporting forms and while I'm not paying the AMT, TurboTax used the "Tentative Minimum Tax" from the worksheet to deny my credit.
On Form 8911, Line 17 it pulled the Tentative Minimum Tax from Form 6251, Line 33 then subtracted that amount from the Net Regular Tax on Line 16. The result was a negative so it denied the credit, even though it doesn't end up showing me subject to actual AMT.

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Just to clarify, it isn't just TurboTax -- that's really what the credit uses for calculation. In other words, you may not owe AMT, but there is a line used in the form that is carried forward for credit calculations.

Since the Net Regular Tax also takes into account the Tax Credit for purchasing the MS, that's probably where things "go wrong" with this form.

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